Cat Car Poems

27-12 was a long day


The Christmas began with a labor dispute at the cafe in
our building the chef didn't want to come in and cook...

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This time of the year again

She has gone shopping for gifts to give the young
she would not take me along, knows I would be grumpy
and...

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What is her name? They asked Bright, full of awe.
I was going to call her Arkansas.
But look at her coat, unique markings right?
I call her...

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mum said she needed a stiff drink 
me, at the wheel,
closing my eyes and actually praying

a rented car, a wide car
narrow roads
tractors and horses 

getting...

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Traveling down the road to nowhere,
With nowhere I wanted to go.
I met a man with a hat in his hand,
Who worked in a traveling show.

Smiling...

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Watch out for my Hellcat Hemi,
It's got four on the floor and more.
Oh how it squeals on big chrome wheels,
You should hear that engine's roar.

It...

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We took a trip to grandma's house,                  ...

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The Sea Gull

The one-legged seagull king that lived on the last reef
before the ocean began had lived long, longer than gulls normally do
He came from...

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With the clock ticking down,
To a brand new year.
The party I was at,
Was kicking into gear.

Saw a sweet little thing,
Just standing on a chair.
She was...

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Reflections of Affection

Painting your face... 
slowly on the canvas, 
in the colors of tan, 
and olive green. 

Your skin is so fair, 
it is hard...

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Ball of wool in hand
      a solemn  but playful cat
        unravels the...

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A morning moment

The owner of a black cat
Sits on a chair by the open door, on the shady side of the road
Reading yesterday’s paper.
The moggy...

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Buying a car

I have read and published some of my old poems
what I write these days is more about the everyday
Gone has the mermaid in...

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Alexander Graham Bell

It was fine, quiet winter´s day I listened to distant noise, 
dogs bark -you can´t avoid this in the Algarve-
smoke from chimneys straight...

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My auntie her first name is Beryl
Put other road users in peril
She mounted the sidewalk
The pedestrians squawk
and report her to Sherriff Merrill

The Sherriff puts her...

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